OFFICIAL VIDEO: “Raspberry Cane” (Dir. by Stephen McNally) –
[media][/media]Youth Lagoon premieres the second official music video from his sophomore LP Wondrous Bughouse today via Noisey, the Stephen McNally directed “Raspberry Cane.” Watch it here and buy the album here. Updated Fall tour dates w/ Pure X opening are below.
Bio:
Trevor Powers, whose stage name is Youth Lagoon, began writing his debut album The Year of Hibernation in 2010. Based around the idea of psychological dysphoria, Powers tried to document the trails of his mind through songs of minimalism and hypnotic ambience. Powers later described his writing process as “my mind communicating with me, not the other way around…it can take me to scary places but I’ve realized those bizarre thoughts I have don’t define me.” After signing with Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records in 2011, he toured much of the following year before going back into solitude to write.
Wondrous Bughouse, Powers’ sophomore album (released March 5 worldwide via Fat Possum), was spawned from what he describes as “becoming more fascinated with the human psyche and where the spiritual meets the physical world.” During the time he wrote, Powers became intrigued with the metaphysical universe and blending those ideas with pop music.
“Youth Lagoon is something so personal to me because writing music is how I sort my thoughts, as well as where I transfer my fears,” explains Powers.
“My mental state is usually pretty sporadic… a lot of this record was influenced by a fear of mortality but embracing it at the same time. Realizing that human life is only great because it is temporary. Experimenting with ideas about dimensions. I’m not a gifted speaker, so explaining things is difficult for me. But music always makes sense.”
YOUTH LAGOON
09/05 Portland, OR – MFNW @ Pioneer Courthouse Square
09/06 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
09/07 Missoula, MT – Monk’s Bar
09/09 Boulder, CO – Fox Theater *
09/10 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room *
09/11 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall *
09/12 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater *
09/14 Detroit, MI – Laneway Festival
09/16 Washington DC – 9:30 Club *
09/17 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair *
09/19 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge *
09/20 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr Small’s *
09/21 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop *
09/22 Lexington, KY – Boomslang Festival
09/24 St Louis, MO – Plush *
09/25 Columbia, MO – Mojo’s *
09/26 Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe *
09/27 Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival
09/28 Champaign, IL – Pygmalion Festival
09/29 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar *
10/02 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom *
10/04 Los Angeles, CA – First Unitarian Church, Los Angeles *
10/31 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans
11/01 London, UK – Islington Assembly Rooms
11/02 Paris, France – Pitchfork Festival
11/05 Tel Aviv, Israel – Barby
11/07 Barcelona, Spain – Razz 2
11/08 San Sebastian, Spain – Iglesia de Zorroaga
11/09 Madrid, Spain – But
11/10 Santiago, Spain – Capitol
11/12 Orleans, France – Astrolabe
11/13 Strasbourg, France – Laiterie
11/14 Fribourg, Switzerland – Fri-Son
11/15 Berlin, Germany – Prince Charles
11/17 Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret
11/18 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Medis
11/19 Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik
11/20 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset
11/23 Utrecht, Holland – Tivoli
11/24 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique/Orangerie
* = w/ Pure X
Youth Lagoon
Wondrous Bughouse
(Fat Possum)
Street Date: Out Now!
CD/LP/Digital
Buy it here
1. THROUGH MIND AND BACK
2. MUTE
3. ATTIC DOCTOR
4. THE BATH
5. PELICAN MAN
6. DROPLA
7. SLEEP PARALYSIS
8. THIRD DYSTOPIA
9. RASPBERRY CANE
10. DAISYPHOBIA
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